| A | B |
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| a form of autocracy where a person becomes the sole leader of a country by being born into a family of rulers | absolute monarchy |
| the absence of any form of government | anarchy |
| a form of government where one person has unlimited power | autocracy |
| a form of government in which a single ruling party owns and controls all production and distribution of goods, and in which no private ownership is allowed | communism |
| a system of government in which political power resides with the people | democracy |
| a form of autocracy where a military leader becomes the leader of a country often through violent means | dictatorship |
| a form of government in which the power to govern lies directly in the hands of the people rather than through elected representatives | direct democracy |
| a form of government headed by a king or queen who inherits the position, rules for life, and holds power that can range anywhere between limited to absolute | monarchy |
| a form of government in which a small group has total control and power | oligarchy |
| a system of government in which the people elect representatives to make policies and laws for them, also known as a republic | representative democracy |
| a system of government in which the people elect representatives to make policies and laws for them, also known as a representative democracy | republic |
| an economic system in which the government owns the primary means of production | socialism |
| a type of criminal law that deals with the actions and well-being of persons who are not yet adults | juvenile law |
| law concerned with private relations between members of a community (such as contract disputes) rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs | civil law |
| the interpretation and implementation of the U.S. Constitution | constitutional law |
| law that deals with crimes and the punishments associated with those crimes | criminal law |
| law established by the outcome of former cases | case law |
| a government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility; written by the English nobles in 1215 | Magna Carta |
| a written code of rules that guided the ancient society of Babylon; dates back to 1772 B.C. | Code of Hammurabi |
| legal precedence based on customs and prior legal decisions; used in civil cases | common law |
| laws that have been developed to meet the needs of the military | military law |
| the written law enacted by a legislature, as distinguished from unwritten law or common law | statutory law |
| a rule an agency of the executive branch makes to enforce a law | regulation |
| a system of government where power lies with the legislative body and the leader of the country is part of the legislature; Great Britian is an example | parliamentary |
| the name of the executive in a federal system | president |
| a system of government where almost all power is located with the central government; such as a dictatorship or absolute monarchy | unitary |
| a system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government. The U.S. under the Articles of Confederation is an example. | confederal |
| a system of government where power is shared between a central government and states. The system of government in the United States. | federal |
| the name of the executive a parliamentary system | prime minister |
| the executive of a state government | governor |
